Long Term Anticoagulation (4–16 Years) Stops Progression of Idiopathic Hip Osteonecrosis Associated with Familial Thrombophilia

<div>Anterior-posterior hip X-rays in patient number 4 after 5 years on Coumadin. The right hip is unchanged, Ficat stage II. The left hip, Ficat stage III at preanticoagulation study entry, was replaced before study entry.</div>

Advances in Orthopedics

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Figure 4: Long Term Anticoagulation (4–16 Years) Stops Progression of Idiopathic Hip Osteonecrosis Associated with Familial Thrombophilia 